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Pak wants good ties with India: Sharif

Islamabad, February 24

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today said Pakistan wants to have good ties with all neighbours, including India, and asserted that mutual cooperation was vital for the socio-economic uplift of both countries.Sharif made the remarks during a meeting with India’s newly appointed High Commissioner in Pakistan Gautam Bambawale who called on him at the PM House here.An official source said the two discussed various aspects of India-Pakistan relations and agreed on the importance of improving the relations.“Pakistan was pursuing good relations with all its neighbours, including India, as mutual cooperation was vital for the socio-economic uplift of both the countries,” Sharif was quoted as saying by the state-run APP news agency.Sharif extended a warm welcome to the new High Commissioner and hoped he would work to bring the two countries closer. Bambawale, who arrived in Pakistan last month to assume the charge of the High Commission, thanked the Prime Minister for the welcome and expressed the hope that his role would be beneficial in strengthening relations between the two nations.An official of Indian mission refused to share what Bambawale discussed with the PM during a meeting today. — PTI

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